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Do You Need to Wait Until 3rd Grade to Test for Dyslexia? A Dyslexia Therapist Debunks the Testing Myth (+ How to Start Intervention at Home)
· 41 min · S2 E26
Episode Do You Need to Wait Until 3rd Grade to Test for Dyslexia? A Dyslexia Therapist Debunks the Testing Myth (+ How to Start Intervention at Home)
Has your school told you to wait until third grade to test for dyslexia? A dyslexia therapist says that advice is wrong!
Learn your legal rights, the red flags schools miss, and how to start helping your child at home today because time is precious.
In this episode of The Literacy Keys, Host Tracy Young sits down with Faye Cassell, a certified dyslexia therapist (CALT) and licensed dyslexia therapist in Texas with over 20 years of experience supporting struggling readers. Faye is also an IEP and 504 mom, so she's been in the trenches on both sides of the table.
Faye and Tracy share actual stories from the trenches including one mother Faye worked with , who spent +200 hours fighting her child's school for services. That's roughly the same number of hours it takes to remediate a child's reading.
This conversation is about sharing war stories to ensure thisndoesn't happen to your family.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- Why "we don't test until third grade" is a myth, and the exact written request that requires your school to respond under IDEA
- What a certified dyslexia therapist actually is, and how to tell a CALT from other OG tutors
- Why dyslexia can go completely undetected in a bright child
- Faye's brilliant "plate of hors d'oeuvres" trick for staying calm and in control at your next IEP or 504 meeting
- How to start structured, multisensory intervention at home instead of waiting on the school's timeline
Wondering whether your child needs testing, tutoring, or accommodations? Head over to The Literacy Keys and book a free consultation with Tracy.
Finally, if you know another parent who's been told to wait and see, please share this episode with them. And follow The Literacy Keys Show for weekly advice on unlocking your child's literacy.
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